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RDS, Dublin |
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ENTRIES 20 |
| HOST
Doireann Ni Bhriain |
DEBUTS Cyprus |
Ten years after their first hosting in the minute
Gaiety Theatre, RTE took the event to the much larger Royal Dublin
Society. Marty Brem of Austria became only the second
person to perform first at two different contests, solo this time a year
after singing with Blue Danube (Finland's Marion Rung was the other,
kicking off proceedings in 1962 and 1973). One of his backing group
sported an American football helmet for no apparent reason.
Brem was not by far the only
returnee. Luxembourg's 1961 winner Jean-Claude Pascal struck a note for
the wrinklies with a surprise return to the contest twenty years after his
victory. Even though male-sung Francophone ballads had recently done well
in Eurovision (and France itself came third), Pascal was just too much of a time-warp.
Switzerland's Peter, Sue and Marc sang for a fourth time in
eleven years and in their fourth different language too!.
After some exceptionally chaotic voting, Bucks Fizz
squeezed to a narrow victory, the UK's fourth. They
set new standards for vocal raggedness
when they reprised "Making Your Mind Up". However, it is
always nice when a Euro veteran finally hits the jackpot and Cheryl Baker
certainly qualified as a past member of Coco (1976/78) and The Main Event
(1980). France took umbrage at their defeat, pulling out of next
years event, their culture minister calling it "a monument to
drivel".
| Austria |
Wenn Du Da Bist |
Marty Brem |
17 |
| Turkey |
Donme Dolap |
Modern Folk Trio & Aysegul |
18 |
| Germany |
Johnny Blue |
Lena Valaitis |
2 |
| Luxembourg |
C'est Peut-être Pas L'Amérique |
Jean-Claude Pascal |
11 |
| Israel |
Layla |
Habibi |
7 |
| Denmark |
Krøller Eller Ej |
Debbie Cameron & Tommy Seebach |
11 |
| Yugoslavia |
Leila |
Seid Memich-Vajta |
15 |
| Finland |
Reggae OK |
Riki Sorsa |
16 |
| France |
Humanahum |
Jean Gabilou |
3 |
| Spain |
Y Sólo Tú |
Bacchelli |
14 |
| Netherlands |
Het Is Een Wonder |
Linda Williams |
9 |
| Ireland |
Horoscopes |
Sheeba |
5 |
| Norway |
Aldri I Livet |
Finn Kalvik |
20 |
| United Kingdom |
Making Your Mind Up |
Bucks Fizz |
1 |
| Portugal |
Playback |
Carlos Paião |
18 |
| Belgium |
Samson |
Emly Starr |
13 |
| Greece |
Fengàri Kalokerino |
Yiannis Dimitrias |
8 |
| Cyprus |
Monica |
Island |
6 |
| Switzerland |
Io Senza Te |
Peter, Sue & Marc |
4 |
| Sweden |
Fångad I En Dröm |
Björn Skifs |
10 |
| WINNER:
United Kingdom |
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MAKING YOUR MIND UP by
Bucks Fizz |
Voting
 
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